Book & Film Reviews

Check out the teaser trailer for Our Planet II, a four-part series narrated by David Attenborough coming to Netflix on 14 June

Healthy Seas' documentary short, 'Journey to Ithaca', wins Best Environmental Film at the Cannes World Film Festival - Remember the Future.

In this extract from his book Planktonia, Erich Hoyt introduces some of the ocean’s most extraordinary creatures

A review of Britain's Living Seas, Our Coastal Wildlife and How We Can Save It, by Hannah Rudd, Bloomsbury Wildlife

A Diver's Guide to the World, in which Carrie Miller and Chris Taylor explore 50 of the world's top dive spots focused on sustainability.

Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea is a stunning work of science fiction, which pays proper attention to the details of scuba diving

The award-nominated documentary, Seahorse Man, with Kealan Doyle, is now available to view on Netflix in the UK and Europe.

Ocean adventure from the comfort of your sofa! The 2022 Ocean Film Festival will be available as a virtual show, plus gift passes for Xmas

Win a signed copy of marine biologist Fiona Gell's book, Spring Tides, as she recalls a dive encounter with Isle of Man quahog in this extract

Fiona Gell's beautifully written book is her story of returning to the Isle Man to work as a marine conservationist

Win a pair of tickets to the showing of your choice for the UK leg of this year's Ocean Film Festival World Tour this autumn

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour is bringing a new collection of the world’s best ocean-themed films to venues around the UK this autumn

Helen Scales' The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea will be published in paperback on 4 August

Helen Scales' The Brilliant Abyss: True Tales of Exploring the Deep Sea, Discovering Hidden Life and Selling the Seabeds

A moving story by Julie Berwald intertwines a personal drama with the global crisis of coral conservation.

Review of the thrilling and thorough documentary about the rescue of a youth football team from a flooded Thai cave

Dylan McFinn and the Sea Serpent's Fury is the first of three novels by Liam Jenkins, who – inspired by scuba diving – brings to the page an excellent young-adult adventure filled with a wonderful sense of humour, and a very important message for conservation.

Need your fix of underwater beauty? Here are some oh-so-cool music videos which make you long to be allowed back…